The cornerstone of every war is the dehumanization, a terrifying process with long-lasting and infinitely unfolding consequences. And the Vietnam War was the first in which the full horror of this process, stripped of all glory and pseudo-necessity, reached significant public awareness.

The time has come to challenge the military at the level of its reason for being. The time has come to add up its suicides, its war crimes and the rest of its horrific legacy. How long can it survive an honest accounting?

Iraq Veterans Against The War marched to deliver a letter of demands to Democratic presidential nominee Obama. The letter called for an immediate withdrawal of troops, post-deployment care for vets and an end to redeployments.